Everybody else seems to “know” what the Israelis MUST do, yet rarely does this work in the best interests of the Israelis.
For the Israelis, extermination of Hamas is a categorical imperative and intimately tied to existential threats from the other side. Should Hamas survive, it will only spell growing and much more deadly attacks from other players.
Iran is the most deadly threat Israel faces.
Hamas winning will only spur on the fundamentalists in foreign countries.
Whether Hamas survives or not, the Israeli strategic situation is going to continue to deteriorate.
They are in a war of extermination and it remains to be seen if they have the will or the resources to come out on top.
Congrats. You taught the Israelis that no truce will ever be sincere, or honored. “Now youse can’t leave”
https://youtu.be/4UBXTC24T8g?t=117
And by obliterating Hamas, all the rest of the camel jockeys get a very powerful lesson. You -can- go too far.
In fact, it has never been in the best interest of the Israelis. It has always been to their determent, nor the world at large either.